Book Review "The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty" by Kenneth Libbrecht photography by Patricia Rasmussen published by Voyageur Press 112 pages, $20 Trust someone who grew up in North Dakota to ...

But that claim used to really bug Kenneth Libbrecht, a Caltech physicist with a special interest in snow. "There's a little problem with the language," says Libbrecht.

Yes! Kind of. Kenneth Libbrecht, a scientist from Caltech, has spent years playing with and studying snowflakes. Libbrecht grows snowflakes in the lab under carefully controlled conditions.

It reportedly was 15 inches in diameter and 8 inches thick. But that claim used to really bug Kenneth Libbrecht, a Caltech physicist with a special interest in snow. "There's a little problem with the ...

It reportedly was 15 inches in diameter and 8 inches thick. But that claim used to really bug Kenneth Libbrecht, a Caltech physicist with a special interest in snow. "There's a little problem with the ...

Just how big can a snowflake get? It depends on what you mean by 'snowflake' By Nell Greenfieldboyce Published December 25, 2023 at 5:00 AM EST Listen • 4:52 Kenneth Libbrecht ...

Just how big can a snowflake get? It depends on what you mean by 'snowflake' By Nell Greenfieldboyce Published December 25, 2023 at 4:00 AM CST Listen • 4:52 Kenneth Libbrecht ...

This 33.6 mm snowflake (1.32 inches), also from Stonybrook, NY in 2015, is typical of aggregates in that it features a variety of snow crystal shapes, from needle-like columns to fuzzy little balls.